In a rare appearance on the witness stand Tuesday, current and former Illinois Supreme Court justices testified in a colleague's $7.7 million libel case against a suburban Chicago newspaper. Chief Justice Robert Thomas, a former kicker for the Chicago Bears, alleges that the Geneva-based Kane County Chronicle libeled him and damaged his reputation in a series of articles three years ago. Former Chronicle columnist Bill Page wrote in 2003 that Thomas had softened his position in a disciplinary hearing for former Kane County State's Attorney Meg Gorecki after her supporters backed a judicial candidate he favored. Illinois Supreme Court Justice Rita Garman testified that she considers Thomas a friend and that the columns were false and did not lower her opinion of Thomas. "There was no basis for what was said," Garman testified. ...
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